HE STUDIED(A) VERY HARD(B), SO(C) HE PASSED THE EXAM EASY(D). READ...

30. He studied(A) very hard(B), so(C) he passed the exam easy(D). Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35. Early writing and Alphabets When people first began to write, they did not use an alphabet. Instead, they drew small pictures to (31)______ the objects they were writing about. This was very slow because there was a different picture for any word. The Ancient Egyptians had a (32)______ of picture writing that was described hieroglyphics. The meaning of this writing was forgotten for a very long time but in 1799 some scientists discovered a stone near Alexandria, in Egypt. The stone had been there for (33)______ a thousand years. It had both Greek and hieroglyphics on it and researchers were finally able to understand what the hieroglyphics meant. An alphabet is quite different (34)______ picture writing. It consists of letters or symbols that represent a sound and each sound is just part of one word. The Phoenicians, who lived about 3,000 years ago, developed the modern alphabets. It was later improved by the Roman‘s and this alphabet is now used (35)______ throughout the world.Question 31: A. notice B. show C. appear D. mark Question 32: A. practice B. manner C. plan D. system Question 33: A. quite B. more C. over D. already Question 34: A. at B. from C. before D. between Question 35: A. broadly B. widely C. deeply D. hugelyRead and choose the best answer.There are books with fairy tails in many countries. Often the same stoties are known and repeated in many languages. Some of the things that happens in these stories are remarkable, although not as remarkable as things that are truly happening in medicine and science today.Most fairy tails begin with “Once upon a time” and end with “They lived happily ever after”, so we will begin in the same way.Once upon a time there was a girl calles Cinderella who did all the work in the kitchen while her lazy sister did nothing.One night, her sister went to a ball at the palace. Cinderella was left home, very sad. After a time her fairy godmother appeared and told Cinderella that she could go to the ball- but to return home by midnight.So she went to the ball in a beautiful dress in a wonderful coach. She danced with the prince but at midnight she ran back home, leaving one of her shoes on the floor. The prince wanted to see her again and went to every house in the capital until he found that the shoe was the right size for Cinderella. She and the price were married and lived happily ever after.